The Michigan State Spartans have owned the series against the Michigan Wolverines the past few seasons, but these two teams have a rich history considering they\u2019ve played each other more than 100 times in the past 114 years. <\/p>\n
Michigan State Spartans (4-3) vs Michigan Wolverines (4-3) ATS Matchup Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Gambling Insight!<\/a> |\u00a0Buy Ray’s Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Spartans have never beaten the Wolverines five straight times, and they\u2019ll look to hit that mark this weekend when they visit the Big House.<\/p>\n The Michigan State Spartans are coming off a disappointing double-overtime loss against the Iowa Hawkeyes, and it\u2019s time for them to bounce back with a big performance against Michigan this week.<\/p>\n The key to Saturday\u2019s matchup\u2014as it always is when you\u2019re playing Michigan\u2014is containing Denard Robinson. The Wolverines quarterback has been inconsistent at best all season, and Michigan State\u2019s defense will make it a priority to shut him down from start to finish. The Spartans allow just 91.3 rushing yards per game (8th in the nation) and 178.9 yards through the air (17th in the nation).<\/p>\n The team gives up just 15.7 points per game (14th in the nation), which is going to a mark they try and hit against Michigan, which averages almost 34 points per contest.<\/p>\n This week\u2019s matchup is an important one for the Spartans in the sense that it kicks off their toughest stretch of the season. With Wisconsin and Nebraska waiting around the bend, a win against Michigan would give the Spartans the confidence they need heading into the tail end of the year.<\/p>\n The Michigan Wolverines\u2019 biggest advantage this weekend will be playing at home in one of the largest, loudest venues in all of college football. Michigan Stadium\u2014better known as The Big House\u2014is a raucous environment, and the crowd should come out in full force against their in-state rival. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n As with most of the Wolverines\u2019 games this season, the wild card will be how well Denard Robinson plays. The senior quarterback is at his most dangerous level when he\u2019s making plays with his feet, but it\u2019s going to be tough for the dual-threat quarterback to make plays on any level against a tough Spartans defense. If he can make plays through the air, it\u2019s going to open up the running game, which is when he and the Michigan offense can really let loose.<\/p>\n Michigan State has won the last four meetings between these two teams, which means Robinson will be looking for his first victory over the Spartans in his senior year. The Spartans have shut him down the last two times they\u2019ve played, so he\u2019ll be looking for a big game on Saturday.<\/p>\n Both of these teams have respectable defenses, but it\u2019s the Wolverines who can really threaten to pull away if their offense is clicking. Don\u2019t expect this game to be easy, but the offensive prowess of Michigan should affect the score board at some point, and with the crowd behind them, they\u2019re the favorites for a reason.<\/p>\n O\/U Pick: Under 44.5<\/strong> Spartans vs Wolverines NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping The Michigan State Spartans have owned the series against the Michigan Wolverines the past few seasons, but these two teams have a rich history considering they\u2019ve played each other more than 100 times in the past 114 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":34436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[39626,324,327,36017,36019,766,769,3724,3311],"class_list":["post-56265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-39626","tag-college-football-odds","tag-college-football-predictions","tag-michigan-st-spartans-vs-michigan-wolverines","tag-michigan-st-vs-michigan","tag-ncaa-football-lines","tag-ncaa-football-picks","tag-spartans-vs-wolverines","tag-week-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56265"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56290,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56265\/revisions\/56290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSaturday October 20, 2012
\nMichigan Stadium, ANN ARBOR, MI
\n3:30 PM ET
\nMoneyline: Michigan -360, Michigan State +280 from Bovada<\/a>
\nSpread: Michigan -10
\nO\/U: 44.5<\/strong><\/p>\nMichigan State Spartans<\/h3>\n
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\n Score Prediction: Michigan 24 \u2013 Michigan St. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"